# Ly Tran

> Ly Tran is the CEO of Belle.ai (BelleTorus Corporation), a Cambridge, Massachusetts computer vision company whose AI reads smartphone photos to help clinicians evaluate more than 1,600 skin conditions across 60-plus countries. He took the helm in 2021 after co-founding AtHoc, the crisis-communications company he built into the top supplier to the U.S. Defense and Homeland Security markets before BlackBerry acquired it in 2015. A Princeton history graduate with a Harvard MBA, Tran pairs a go-to-market operator's instincts with board and investor roles at companies like Jane Technologies and Cirkul.

- **Role:** CEO at Belle.ai (BelleTorus Corporation)
- **Organizations:** Belle.ai (BelleTorus Corporation), AtHoc, Inc., BlackBerry AtHoc, Genasys Inc., Jane Technologies, Inc., Cirkul, CNEX Labs, Inc.
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** AB in History, Princeton University, MBA, Harvard University, National Security Seminar, U.S. Army War College
- **Known for:** Co-founded and helped build AtHoc into the #1 provider of crisis communications to the U.S. Defense and Homeland Security markets., Led AtHoc to a 2015 acquisition by BlackBerry Ltd., As CEO, grew Belle.ai's skin AI to use across more than 60 countries and over 1,000 provider sites.

## Career timeline

- **1999** — Co-founded AtHoc, Inc., a secure networked crisis-communications company, serving as principal and board member and leading global sales and go-to-market strategy.
- **2015** — BlackBerry Ltd. acquired AtHoc; Tran became Senior Vice President of BlackBerry AtHoc.
- **2017** — Concluded his role at BlackBerry AtHoc after the acquisition integration.
- **2018** — Became Board Director at Jane Technologies and at Cirkul; also served as an investor at CNEX Labs.
- **2019** — Appointed Strategic Advisor to Genasys Inc. to accelerate its critical-communications business.
- **2021** — Became CEO of BelleTorus Corporation (Belle.ai), leading its AI for skin healthcare.
- **2023** — Belle.ai and partner Urban Health Plan won a $3.5M ARPA-H contract to expand pediatric healthcare access using AI.
- **2024** — Belle.ai selected from ~300 applicants as one of six companies to present at the first CMS Artificial Intelligence Demo Day.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and helped build AtHoc into the #1 provider of crisis communications to the U.S. Defense and Homeland Security markets.
- Led AtHoc to a 2015 acquisition by BlackBerry Ltd.
- As CEO, grew Belle.ai's skin AI to use across more than 60 countries and over 1,000 provider sites.
- Belle.ai's algorithms were incorporated into the World Health Organization's updated Skin NTDs mobile application.
- Steered Belle.ai to a $3.5M ARPA-H contract for pediatric AI triage with Urban Health Plan (2023).
- Belle.ai selected for the inaugural CMS Artificial Intelligence Demo Day in 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2024-11** — Belle.ai presented its AI for dermatology at the first CMS Artificial Intelligence Demo Day in Baltimore, chosen from roughly 300 applicants.
- **2023-10** — ARPA-H awarded Belle.ai and Urban Health Plan a $3.5M contract to expand pediatric healthcare access using AI.

## Links

- Website: https://belle.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ly-tran-45625

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Last updated: 2026-06-22